Sonny
Pronounced S AH1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 137 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Sonny?
Sonny is a boys' name, and first appears in 1888. It has been given to 25,491 children — the 679th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,244 children were given it.
Sunny is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Sonny and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Sunny
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S AH1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Sonny
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Sonny
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Sonny?
- Sonny ranks 679th among boys' names in US records, with 25,491 births since 1888. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,650.
- Is Sonny a unisex name?
- No. Sonny is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Sonny most popular?
- 2024, when 1,244 children were given the name. It has been in use for 137 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Sonny spelled?
- Sunny. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.